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摘要：

This paper describes the algorithms used to convert engineering unit data obtained from the Seasat-A satellite scatterometer (SASS) to radar scattering coefficients (sigmadeg) and associated supporting parameters. A description is given of the instrument receiver and related processing used by the scatterometer to measure signal power backscattered from the earth's surface. The applicable radar equation used for determiningsigmadegis derived. Sample results of SASS data processed through current algorithm development facility (ADF)sigmadegalgorithms are presented which includesigmadegvalues for both water and land surfaces,sigmadegsignatures for these two surface types are seen to have distinctly different characteristics. As expected,sigmadegvalues for water show strong dependence on both incidence angle and wind speed. For land,sigmadegvalues are relatively independent of incidence angle above20degand have values in the range-14 < sigmadeg < -6dB.sigmadegmeasurements of

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